Announcement of the 'Innovative Learning Awards 2026' and Call for Applications

About 'Innovative Learning Awards'

Rapid technological innovation in the 21st century is fundamentally changing the nature of education. In an era where learning transcends traditional school frameworks and increasingly occurs in out-of-school communities and digital spaces driven by the learners themselves, there is a demand for designing learning environments centered around all learners. This award emphasizes the realization of designs where all learners take the initiative and evaluates the importance of building places of 'super-education' that go beyond conventional school boundaries. The purpose is to realize a society where all generations continue to learn throughout their lives and to create new learning environments that lead the future of education.

'Innovative Learning Awards' Official Website
https://innovative-learning.org/

Overview

[Application Categories]
1. Advanced Education Category
A category that evaluates initiatives aiming to innovate personalized and digital learning by utilizing cutting-edge technologies.
2. Education Innovation Category
A category that evaluates new approaches and initiatives that go beyond traditional frameworks and fundamentally transform learning mechanisms.
3. Learning Space Design Category
A category that evaluates designs and environments that innovate both physical and digital learning spaces.

[Evaluation Criteria]
Comprehensive selection will be based on the following perspectives:
(1) Innovativeness: Whether it incorporates unprecedented new ideas and technologies and has the potential to significantly change the way education should be.
(2) Effectiveness: Whether it is realistically executable and has a theory to produce results.
(3) Social Impact: Whether it will have a broad impact on society and bring about sustainable change.

[Application Method]
- Please apply by Monday, August 31, 2026, by filling out the necessary information via the application form on the award website.
- Please upload supplementary materials such as presentation documents, photos, and videos to cloud storage and enter the shared URL in the form. Please set the sharing settings so that 'anyone with the link can view.' The URL must remain valid until the end of the evaluation period.
* Please apply after agreeing to the Innovative Learning Awards Application Terms.

Promotion Structure

- Host -
Super Education Association (General Incorporated Association)

- Co-host -
Digital Policy Foundation (General Incorporated Foundation)

- Cooperation -
Council for Safe Web Environment Promotion (General Incorporated Association)
Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (General Incorporated Association)
Software Association of Japan (General Incorporated Association)
The Japan Data Scientist Society (General Incorporated Association)
Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC

- Sponsor -
Japan Association of New Economy (General Incorporated Association)
Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)